Song Description

a song of support for my gay & lesbian friends

Lyrics

Eric was my first friend
to tell me that he loved men
in a letter he sent when we were 19 years,
I didn't know if he hoped
that we were in the same boat,
and though the answer was no,
we're all just trying to row..

Suzie tried to fit in,
she even had a boyfriend,
did her best to pretend that she was into him,
suffered through the prom dress,
suffered through the slow dance,
wishing she could slow dance
with someone in a prom dress,
it's as if they made a law,
and hung it up on every wall that says:
"keep it to yourself, we won't ask if you won't tell,"
if you're different from the rest of us,
we would rather not discuss it,
keep it to yourself at all costs.."

when you were young they told you
to always tell the whole truth,
& that the best you can do is just to be yourself,
but then you read the fine print
defining what's accepted,
so you tried to mind it,
till that left you half-dead..
Jesus was a misfit, hung out with the queer kids,
scandalized the priesthood, it's pretty clear where he stood..
it's as if they made a law,
and hung it up on every wall that says:
"keep it to yourself, we won't ask if you won't tell,
if you're different from the rest of us,
we would rather not discuss it,
keep it to yourself at all costs,
different from the rest of us,
at least that's what we tell ourselves,
keep it to yourself, keep it to yourself,"
but if you keep it to yourself,
we've all lost...